Imperial Settlers
Settlers from four major powers of the world have discovered new lands, with new resources and opportunities. Romans, Barbarians, Egyptians and Japanese all at once move there to expand the boundaries of their empires. They build new buildings to strengthen their economy, they found mines and fields to gather resources, and they build barracks and training grounds to train soldiers. Soon after they discover that this land is far too small for everybody, then the war begins...
Imperial Settlers is a card game that lets players lead one of the four factions and build empires by placing buildings, then sending workers to those buildings to acquire new resources and abilities. The game is played over five rounds during which players take various actions in order to explore new lands, build buildings, trade resources, conquer enemies, and thus score victory points.
The core mechanism of Imperial Settlers is based on concepts from the author's card game 51st State.
Number of players: 2 - 4
Game duration: 41 mn
Complexity: 3 / 5
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Rules summary
Overview
The goal of the game is to have the most Victory Points, earned by expanding your empire and hindering your opponents. During the game, players can gain Victory Points (VP) in various ways: from deals they make, from actions they take, and from Location features. The Locations that become part of a player’s Empire are also worth Victory Points. At the end of the game, players add the VP value of their Locations to their current VP score to reach their total score. The player with the most VP has built the greatest empire and wins the game
Goods In the Game
Card:
Cards represent Locations a player can interact with. Players can make Deals with the location, add it to their Empire, or raze it. During the game players acquire cards in the Lookout phase, but also from Deals, Razing Locations and other actions. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, whenever a player is instructed to draw a card, he may draw from his own Faction deck or the Common deck. You will find a detailed description of the cards in the Cards Overview section.
Victory Point (Star Icon):
Victory Points represent the glory and power of the Empire. Players gain VPs mostly from the actions they take, but they can be also provided by Deals or Production Locations. Each Location also has its value in VPs at the end of the game.
Worker (Meeple Icon):
Workers represent the Empire’s population. Players will use Workers to take actions at the Locations and acquire cards or Resources.
Raze Token:
Raze tokens represent the Empire’s military units. Raze tokens are mainly used to raze cards in your hand or Locations in an opponent’s Empire.
Defense token:
Defense tokens represent the Empire’s defense fortifications. Defense tokens are used to make a player’s Locations harder for opponents to raze.
Gold token:
Gold tokens represent the currency of the Empire. 1 Gold can be used instead of any 1 Resource (Wood, Stone, Food), but not the other way around.
Resources: Food, Wood, Stone:
Food, Wood and Stone are collectively called Resources in terms of the rules. Players acquire Resources in the Production phase, but also from Deals, Razing Locations and other actions. Food is required to make Deals, while Wood and Stone are used as building materials for Locations. Resources are also spent to activate Action Locations.
Location
A card built in a player’s Empire is called a Location.